Germany has seen another decline in its birth rate, which is Europe's lowest.
Official figures show that the number of births fell by a further 2.8% last year. Meanwhile, the mortality rate rose by 1.5% compared with 2004.

The birth rate is exceptionally low in the former East Germany, where the city of Chemnitz is thought to have the lowest birth rate in the world.

I'm kind of confused on the math, how do you convert 'live births per 1000' to 'total fertility rate' (average number of children per woman)? What I'm trying to figure out is the replacement level on the 'live births per 1000' so I can figure out how close to the replacement level these countries are.

THE number of immigrants living in the United States has risen to more than 35 million, or 12.4 per cent of the population from 11.1 per cent five years ago, according to figures released by the US Census Bureau yesterday.

Note the snowball effect. As of 1990, states with >90% whites have remained relatively the same over the past 15 years or declined by less than 5%, states 80-90% have declined by ~10%. States with 70-80% have generally declined by > 10%. Once non-whites get a foothold their population explodes.

What is also curious is that some of the most white states are also blue states (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire): I take it these are yuppie neo-liberal whites who really don't have a lot of interaction with minorities so feel good supporting diveristy issues at every election.